發心

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	heart; mind
trad. (發心)		發	心
simp. (发心)		发	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fasin
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: fā-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fashin
    • Palladius: фасинь (fasinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-sim
    • Tâi-lô: huat-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatsym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

發心

1. to express a wish or desire
2. to pray and express one's wish (to the gods or Buddha)